In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, we turn the page back to 2001, when former Observer writer Russell Lyday chronicled the rise of Lift To Experience. When the story was written, the band was about a year removed from its career-altering performance at SXSW, when former…
Finally, the weekend we’ve been anticipating for nearly four years has arrived. All that build-up and excite will all culminate in Arlington on Sunday for Super Bowl XLV.And, trust us, the parties surrounding the event are many. So many, in fact, that we’ve created our own Super Bowl event page,…
Be Our Guests We’re Getting the Hell Out Anyway On behalf of the Host Committee For Pimping Out the Super Bowl, it is our great pleasure to welcome you to Dallas. It seems as though we have been waiting forever for you (and your debit cards) to get here. That’s…
The Cowboy Appearance: Cowboy hat, NASCAR cap, pearl-snap shirt, slim-cut jeans, shit-kicker boots. Behavior: Strays from watering hole only to attend rodeos and NASCAR events. Spits brown liquid into empty plastic Dr Pepper bottle held in place by opposable thumbs. Subspecies: The Rancher, The Redneck, The Urban Cowboy. Habitat: The…
She’s only 22 years old, but jazz singer Nadia Washington is already more accomplished than most Dallas musicians. Her early established love for performing earned her spot at Booker T. Washington High School, where she scored the Bill Cosby Presidential Scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston…
If you’ve ever wondered about the difference between an Irish pub and an English pub, well, The Cavern will soon be able to set you straight, thanks to the face-lift it’s currently undergoing — a renovation that will, in the very near future, find the long-running Lower Greenville establishment start…
Chris Cornell hasn’t fallen off the map like most of his ’90s grunge-rock counterparts — he’s actually done the opposite. His impressive work with Audioslave and recent Soundgarden reunion tours have kept him in the public eye. Hell, even his dud of an album, Scream, couldn’t slow him down. But…
A few months ago, we ran a piece that outlined the music boom happening in Frisco. Loads of bands were traveling to the North Dallas suburb to play at Lochrann’s Irish Pub & Eatery. But, still, we wondered if the city would yield any of its own acts. In a…
Is there anyone in the world better suited to sing the National Anthem than Christina Aguilera? Probably, but the NFL and Fox obviously don’t think so, which is why they just confirmed that the Burlesque star will be tossing vocal runs into every nook and cranny of the song at…
In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, we look back to the year 2000, when under-aged kids in Dallas bands performed at all ages venues like The Major, Galaxy Club, and The Orbit Room. For suburbanite kids, those venues were the stuff of legend, but for Aaron…
Despite having a terrible name, Moondoggies’ brand of Americana and alt-country is surprisingly good — so good that, last month, the Seattle quartet’s song “What Took So Long” was featured as NPR’s song of the day. While drawing some comparisons to Fleet Foxes, their four-part harmonies actually land them closer…
Daniel Hall wakes up. Bleary-eyed and cloudy-minded from last night’s whiskey, he sits up in his bed and rubs his eyes. When he finally gets his bearings, he is met with an unfortunate reality as he looks around his room. It’s filled with recording equipment—microphones, computers, speakers and cables are…
Brighton’s explosive British Sea Power are fresh off the release of their fourth studio album, Valhalla Dancehall, which, unfortunately, doesn’t quite match up to the power chord anthems on their previous record, Do You Like Rock Music. Rather, the new album hearkens back to their earlier work, when their live…
Yesterday, we spoke with Daniel Huffman, the man behind New Fumes, who landed himself an opening slot for The Flaming Lips and Neon Indian during the Jack Daniel’s Kick-off Party at Palladium Ballroom on Thursday, February 3. While perusing the New Fumes blog, though, we stumbled across a curious statement…
It hasn’t been a long time since veteran Dallas musician Daniel Huffman started his newest experimental noise-pop project, New Fumes. In only a year and a half, the former Ghostcar and Day of the Double Agent guitarist has catapulted himself into quite the spotlight. Namely, he’ll be opening for The…
The release of The Hope Trust’s Light Can’t Escape, one of our most anticipated albums of 2010, seems to have rolled over into 2011. Thanks to their strong debut, The Incurable Want, the anticipation for a follow-up has only grown. But that’s because Kelly Upshaw and the rest of the…
In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, we go back to the year 2000, when former Observer music editor Zac Crain did one of the things he did best — take shots at really bad bands. And at the beginning of 2000, he set his sights on…
It’s looking like a good weekend of shows, starting with Club Dada’s New Year’s Eve Do-Over Party on Saturday night. It’ll feature performances from Hoyotoho, Damaged Good$, galleryCat, and Datahowler, and includes a Champagne toast at midnight.But that’s not the only big show happening this weekend. Here’s a sampling of…
For over 10 years, the Dallas country act Eleven Hundred Springs has been married to the road. Touring all over the country, playing their highly danceable country music has taken its toll on the band, who move back and forth from being country stars to being family men. Tonight’s show…
As we’ve already mentioned today, one of the world’s most prolific and creative rappers, Kool Keith, will bring his hip hop inventions, Horrorcore and Pornocore, to The Loft tonight. Some might remember him as Dr. Octagon, his moniker in the ’90s — since when, he has released 20 studio records…
Secret shows are the stuff of legend. There was a certain Prince secret show at the Red Jacket in 2002, and the Old 97’s occasionally perform under the name Rhomin’ Hitchhikers. Now, it looks like Leg Sweeper, with the help of Parade of Flesh and Gorilla Groove, is jumping on…
In a weird turn of events, 2011 has started off as a pretty Creed-heavy year around here. Last week, we scratched music history’s not-yet-healed wound with two posts mentioning Scott Stapp and the gang. (To be fair, we actually spent most of that time talking about the gang minus Stapp,…
